Warmest places to go from Amsterdam in October
In October, the warmest well-known place within 15 hours of Amsterdam is Aswan, Egypt, averaging 29.1 °C across day and night and 11.0 h sun a day, about 8h 42m each way by air. Without flying, it is Barcelona, Spain, averaging 19.1 °C across day and night, about 12h 54m each way by train, for about 25× less carbon (36.6 kg CO₂e return against 921 kg).
Every city at once, with and without flying: where is hot in October.
The 10 warmest places within 15 hours of Amsterdam
Ranked on warmth in October alone, among well-known places (a Wikivoyage travel guide and at least 40,000 Wikipedia readers a year), one per area and at most three per country. The carbon is shown, not used to choose: the list further down is the other question, how much warmth each extra kilogram buys.
Aswan, Egypt29.1 °C · 11.0 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 8h 42m · 921 kg CO₂e return
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt29.0 °C · 10.9 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 28.3 °Cair ≈ 8h 24m · 917 kg CO₂e return
Luxor, Egypt28.4 °C · 11.0 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 8h 30m · 882 kg CO₂e return
Aqaba, Jordan26.8 °C · 10.6 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 26.3 °Cair ≈ 8h 12m · 890 kg CO₂e return
Maspalomas, Spain24.9 °C · 10.7 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 24.0 °Cair ≈ 7h 48m · 810 kg CO₂e return
Tataouine, Tunisia24.2 °C · 9.7 h sun a day · mostly dryair ≈ 6h 24m · 555 kg CO₂e return
Sfax, Tunisia24.1 °C · 9.5 h sun a day · 1.5 mm rain a day · sea 25.9 °Cair ≈ 6h 12m · 507 kg CO₂e return
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain23.9 °C · 10.4 h sun a day · 1.3 mm rain a day · sea 24.0 °Cair ≈ 7h 42m · 799 kg CO₂e return- Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain23.7 °C · 10.3 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 24.7 °Cair ≈ 7h 42m · 800 kg CO₂e return
Sousse, Tunisia23.5 °C · 9.4 h sun a day · mostly dry · sea 25.0 °Cair ≈ 6h · 477 kg CO₂e return
Without flying
The warmest places the train reaches within 15 hours. Barcelona is 19.1 °C for 36.6 kg — about 25× less carbon than flying to Aswan.
- Barcelona, Spain19.1 °C · 8.9 h sun a day · 3.2 mm rain a day · sea 23.1 °Crail ≈ 12h 54m · 36.6 kg CO₂e return
- Reus, Spain18.8 °C · 8.5 h sun a day · 4.3 mm rain a day · sea 23.1 °Crail ≈ 14h 48m · 37.8 kg CO₂e return
Perpignan, France18.7 °C · 7.9 h sun a day · 1.2 mm rain a day · sea 20.2 °Crail ≈ 11h 12m · 32.1 kg CO₂e return
Toulon, France18.6 °C · 8.4 h sun a day · 4.4 mm rain a day · sea 20.9 °Crail ≈ 10h 6m · 30.4 kg CO₂e return
Nice, France18.3 °C · 8.1 h sun a day · 6.0 mm rain a day · sea 21.5 °Crail ≈ 11h 54m · 28.9 kg CO₂e return
Girona, Spain18.3 °C · 8.3 h sun a day · 1.4 mm rain a dayrail ≈ 12h 54m · 34.4 kg CO₂e return
≈ is the model's estimate (air times include getting to and through the airport); ✓ is a rail journey checked against a real timetable, with the date it was checked. Temperatures are historical daily means for 2023–2024, averaged across day and night, so afternoons run warmer.
The low-carbon trade-off
The warmest place you can reach from Amsterdam in October within 15 hours is Kom Ombo, 29.4 °C, costing 913 kg CO₂e return. The lowest-carbon option is Aarschot at 4.6 kg — 198× less carbon, for 16.3 degrees less warmth.
Every destination here is on the efficiency frontier: nowhere else this site covers is both warmer in October and lower in carbon. Anything a better option beats outright has been left out.
By rail or ferry By air
What the 15-hour limit costs: at this budget Palermo can only be reached by air — 432 kg CO₂e, in 5h 48m. Allow up to 24 hours and the train does the same journey for 50.6 kg in 23h 12m — 9× less carbon for 17h 24m more travelling.
| Destination | How | CO₂e return | Temp | Sun/day | Rain/day | Journey |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aarschot, Belgium | Rail | 4.6 kg | 13.1 °C | 6.1 h | 3.7 mm | 4h 12m |
| Boulogne-sur-Mer, France | Rail | 8.6 kg | 13.8 °C | 6.4 h | 5.1 mm | 6h 12m |
| St-Malo, France | Rail | 18.9 kg | 15.0 °C | 7.1 h | 3.0 mm | 9h 12m |
| Aix-les-Bains, France | Rail | 22.0 kg | 15.6 °C | 7.6 h | 5.9 mm | 10h |
| Verbania, Italy | Rail | 22.6 kg | 16.5 °C | 6.1 h | 11.5 mm | 13h 6m |
| Avignon, France | Rail | 27.6 kg | 17.4 °C | 7.9 h | 5.3 mm | 8h 54m |
| Cannes, France | Rail | 29.3 kg | 18.8 °C | 8.1 h | 6.4 mm | 11h 54m |
| Sitges, Spain | Rail | 37.2 kg | 19.5 °C | 9.0 h | 2.8 mm | 14h |
| Alghero, Italy | Air | 337 kg | 20.7 °C | 9.0 h | 2.9 mm | 5h 18m |
| Ibiza Town, Spain | Air | 383 kg | 22.0 °C | 9.8 h | 0.7 mm | 5h 30m |
| Palermo, Italy | Air | 432 kg | 22.3 °C | 9.4 h | 2.7 mm | 5h 48m |
| Kairouan, Tunisia | Air | 478 kg | 23.7 °C | 9.2 h | 0.9 mm | 6h |
| Sfax, Tunisia | Air | 507 kg | 24.1 °C | 9.5 h | 1.5 mm | 6h 12m |
| Tozeur, Tunisia | Air | 520 kg | 25.4 °C | 10.0 h | 0.3 mm | 6h 18m |
| Nag Hammadi, Egypt | Air | 869 kg | 27.5 °C | 11.0 h | 0.0 mm | 8h 24m |
| Luxor, Egypt | Air | 882 kg | 28.4 °C | 11.0 h | 0.0 mm | 8h 30m |
| Kom Ombo, Egypt | Air | 913 kg | 29.4 °C | 11.0 h | 0.0 mm | 8h 42m |
Warm is not the same as pleasant, which is why sunshine and rainfall are shown alongside temperature. All three are ERA5 monthly means for 2023–2024.
Where the curve breaks
The frontier is gentle until it isn't. Going from Sitges (37.2 kg, 19.5 °C) to Alghero (337 kg, 20.7 °C) buys 1.2 °C more warmth for an extra 300 kg — 250 kg of CO₂e per degree. That single step is the most expensive warmth on the whole curve.
The pick of them
AarschotBelgium4.6 kg CO₂e returnmild but wetSitgesSpain37.2 kg CO₂e returnwarm overall
Kom OmboEgypt913 kg CO₂e returnwarm, bright and dryThe same month, asked differently
October answers differently depending on what you are after, and the lists genuinely diverge: the brightest places are not the hottest, and in summer the useful question stops being where is warm at all.
Where to stay in Kom Ombo
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Other months from Amsterdam
October from elsewhere
- Amsterdam
- Barcelona
- Berlin
- Birmingham
- Bristol
- Brussels
- Cardiff
- Copenhagen
- Dublin
- Edinburgh
- Frankfurt
- Glasgow
- Leeds
- Lisbon
- Liverpool
- London
- Madrid
- Manchester
- Milan
- Munich
- Newcastle
- Nottingham
- Oslo
- Paris
- Prague
- Rome
- Sheffield
- Southampton
- Stockholm
- Vienna
- Warsaw
- Zurich
Photo credits
- Aarschot: EGS, CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons
- Kom Ombo: Jerzy Strzelecki, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Aswan: Vyacheslav Argenberg, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Sharm el-Sheikh: Tanya Dedyukhina, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Luxor: Roland Unger, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Aqaba: Sana Janakat, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Maspalomas: JUAN RAMON RODRIGUEZ SOSA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Tataouine: Averater, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Sfax: Csisc, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Las Palmas de Gran Canaria: Bengt Nyman, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Sousse: BishkekRocks 15:01, 29 December 2005 (UTC), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Perpignan: Jean Tosti, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
- Toulon: Rafi88, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Nice: Moody Dreiza (Moody751 at English Wikipedia), CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons
- Girona: Patronat de Turisme Costa Brava Pirineu de Girona, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Questions
Where is the warmest place to go from Amsterdam in October?
Kom Ombo, Egypt, at 29.4 °C. Reaching it emits 913 kg CO₂e return, travelling 8h 42m each way by air (modelled).
Can I get somewhere warm from Amsterdam in October without flying?
Yes. Sitges reaches 19.5 °C and is reachable by rail or ferry in 14h (modelled), emitting 37.2 kg CO₂e return — though Kom Ombo is warmer still, if you fly.
How much carbon does a return trip from Amsterdam to Kom Ombo produce?
913 kg CO₂e for one person, return, by air. That uses the UK Government's 2026 conversion factors, including radiative forcing for flights.
Carbon uses UK Government (DESNZ/DEFRA) 2026 conversion factors applied to great-circle distance, with radiative forcing included for flights. Rail journey times are modelled estimates, not timetabled services. Full method · download the data.